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Setting up your account is quick and easy with the Join Direct Broking app.

The app guides you through simple steps to verify your identity, accept the terms and conditions, and set up your account.

It takes you less than 15 minutes to complete the application process. During normal market conditions, we will process your application within 48 hours. However, we are receiving higher-than-normal application volumes so there may be a delay in processing your application. We thank you in advance for your patience and look forward to welcoming you to Direct Broking.

To get started, you’ll need:

  • Identification - Your New Zealand or Australian passport OR your New Zealand Driver’s Licence
  • Tax details - To open an account with Direct Broking, you must provide your New Zealand IRD number, as well as any offshore tax details you have had for the last 12 months (such as a Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) or Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN))

    If you’re a US tax resident you may need to provide additional tax details. Click here for more information.
  • A recent bank statement


Need Help Signing Up? Click here to learn more about opening your account with the Join Direct Broking app

Please note: The Join Direct Broking app is not used for trading but is only used for account openings. Once your account is opened please log in to your account on our website to place your first trade. See here for further instructions on how to fund your CMT and instructions here to guide you through completing your first trade with us.


Company, Trust, Partnerships and Joint Accounts

Please complete one of the following application packs (and tax residency form if applicable):

Company Trust Partnership Joint

Individual/Joint - Tax Residency and Foreign Tax Information Form

Company/Trust/Partnership - Tax Residency and Foreign Tax Information Form

The supplement forms mentioned in the application and tax forms above may be found in the Supplement Forms section of this page.



Other Forms

Please select one of the following

Trading in Australia

Trading on the unlisted market

The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA)

Account Maintenance

Estate Sale

Registry Forms

Supplement Forms
 

Trading in Australia

If you intend to trade shares on the ASX market, you need to download and read the UBS Terms and Conditions and return a completed CHESS application form to Direct Broking.

UBS - Terms and Conditions

CHESS - Individual, Joint and Partnerships

CHESS - Company

CHESS - Trust

Guide to CHESS application

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Trading on the unlisted market

Unlisted Disclaimer Form

 

The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA)

W-9 form Instructions

W-8BEN form Instructions

W-8BEN-E form Instructions

W-8IMY form Instructions

  1. We cannot accept a “W” form that has been corrected by hand or corrective substances (twink, white-out etc). If any corrections need to be made to your form, you must start over and complete a new copy of the form.
  2. When completing a W-9 form, please ensure you write the date as Month DD YYYY (e.g. January 1 2000) to avoid confusion between American and New Zealand date formatting.
  3. When completing a W-9 form, if you have changed your surname, for instance, due to marriage without informing the Social Security Administration of the name change, you should enter your first name, the surname name shown on your social security card and your new surname. You should then circle the parts of your name that are associated with your social security number (your first name and your previous surname).
  4. While revocation of US citizenship documents provide useful insights into your current status, we still need a W-8BEN to be completed by those who have previous connections to the US.
  5. We will not accept any "W" form that has been signed and dated more than 3 months prior to the date that the details of the form are recorded in our system.

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Account Maintenance

Individuals, Sole Traders, Minors and joint-individuals, please complete the following change of details form.

Change details for Individual or Joint accounts

Company, Trust or Partnership, please complete the following change of details form.

Change details for Trust or Company accounts

  1. It is your responsibility to inform all Share Registries (for NZ holdings and all non-CHESS AUS holdings) of these changes in writing
  2. Discrepancies between the registry records and Direct Broking records will cause delays in settling transactions.
  3. CHESS Account Holders: as this is a broker sponsored account, it is our responsibility to advise your CHESS provider of these changes.
 

Estate Sale

Estate Accounts Requirements

 

Registry Forms

New Zealand off-market transfer form: Computershare

New Zealand off-market transfer form: Link Market Services

 

Supplement Forms

Financial Institution Worksheet

Power of Attorney Supplement Form

FATCA Reasonable Explanation Form

Individual account application pack

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